8 Unique Salt Sheds You Can Find in NYC
In light of the Bomb Cyclone that’s currently blasting the East Coast, we thought we’d take a look at a few of New York City’s unique salt sheds.
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Beautiful Photos of Today’s Snowstorm in NYC
We’ve been waiting for a good ol’ fashioned snowstorm and from the photos, it seems like New Yorkers were too. Here are some favorites that have popped up so far.
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Fun Maps: PlowNYC Shows Real-Time Street Plowing in NYC
NYC.gov has a useful map, PlowNYC, tracking real-time street plowing in all 5 boroughs of New York City, updating every 15 minutes.
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Early Vintage Video of NYC Snow Plowing from 1930s
One of the earliest film footage of the Walter Snow Fighter in 1930s in NYC, a 4 wheel drive snow plow built by the Walter Motor Truck Company, Inc.
MoreFun Maps: What the NYC Subway System Would Look like in a 40 inch Snowstorm
The team at WNYC put together a map of what the subway system in NYC might look like, status wise, during a 40-inch snowstorm which wouldn’t require a shutdown
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A History of Snow Removal in NYC: From Snow Shoes to the First Motorized Snow-Plow
Before the NYC Department of Street Cleaning was founded, snow removal was left up to individuals. Here’s what New Yorkers have had to deal with in the past.
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Best of the Untapped Cities Photo Pool: The Polar Vortex
We pick some of the best photos from the #untappedcities Instagram photo pool from the Polar Vortex in NYC
MoreOn This Day in NYC History, December 26th: The Record Breaking 1947 NYC Snowstorm
On December 26th, 1947, New York City witnessed one of the largest snowstorms in its history, bringing 26.4 inches to Central Park.
MoreThe Lower East Side Girls Club’s First Street Garden
In the First Street Garden, the Lower East Side Girls Club had teamed up with artists to put up murals depicting 19 “women who had changed the world.”
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Snowstorm in Central Park!
It was a winter wonderland yesterday in Central Park during the snowstorm. Untapped caught some usual and unusual suspects frolicking in the snow: children, skiers, and otters (in the zoo of course) and some statues.
MoreFirst Snowboard Ride Down Montmartre in Paris
Snow may have “paralyzed” Paris in a “catastrophe” (CNN’s words, not mine) yesterday, but some lightheartedly took to the streets in the first ever snowboard ride down Montmartre!
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